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Douglas Michael “Mike” Ford

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Douglas Michael “Mike” Ford Veteran

Birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
31 May 2019 (aged 65)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.0646667, Longitude: -102.5297167
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Mike Ford, 65, died Friday, May 31, 2019 in Houston, Texas.

Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday, June 6, 2019 at the First Christian Church burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery – under the care of Horizon Funeral Home.

Douglas Michael Ford was born May 17, 1954 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Mike’s adopted parents were James and Joyce (Galloway) Ford. Mike grew up in the Hartley area and graduated from Hartley High School in 1973. On July 13, 1974 Mike married Debra Lang in Dalhart, Texas. Mike served in the US Air Force until 1977. Mike and Debra and their children returned to Dalhart in 1984.

Mike was a mechanic by trade, working on jet engines while in the Air Force. He then ran Hartley County Equipment where he worked on irrigation motors and Masey Ferguson tractors. Later, Mike worked as a plumber at TDCJ. He was a jack of all trades, working on anything that needed fixing, and maybe a few things that didn’t! He was always looking to negotiate a good deal on anything from nuts and bolts to houses and properties. Mike enjoyed family: he loved traveling with Debra to visit his kids. He and Debra had many friends in Panhandle, TX and Eads, CO where he loved to watch his grandkids in all their activities. Mike was an active member of the First Christian Church. He enjoyed his church family and served as a Deacon. ”Mike would help anyone who needed it and would do anything for the ladies of the church”

Survivors include his wife Debra of the home, daughters: Martha and her husband Mike Johnson of Eads, CO, Michelle and her husband Kenneth Glaze II of Crestview, FL. His son Steve Ford and his wife Brandi of Panhandle, TX.

Grandchildren: Courtney, Reagen, & Morgyn Johnson, Noah, Halle, and Kandin Ford. A sister Lawana and her husband Jim Page, his mother Joyce Ford, mother in law Zelda Lang, his step mother Helen Ford.

Mike is preceded in death by his father James Ford and his father in law Bob Lang.
Mike Ford, 65, died Friday, May 31, 2019 in Houston, Texas.

Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday, June 6, 2019 at the First Christian Church burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery – under the care of Horizon Funeral Home.

Douglas Michael Ford was born May 17, 1954 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Mike’s adopted parents were James and Joyce (Galloway) Ford. Mike grew up in the Hartley area and graduated from Hartley High School in 1973. On July 13, 1974 Mike married Debra Lang in Dalhart, Texas. Mike served in the US Air Force until 1977. Mike and Debra and their children returned to Dalhart in 1984.

Mike was a mechanic by trade, working on jet engines while in the Air Force. He then ran Hartley County Equipment where he worked on irrigation motors and Masey Ferguson tractors. Later, Mike worked as a plumber at TDCJ. He was a jack of all trades, working on anything that needed fixing, and maybe a few things that didn’t! He was always looking to negotiate a good deal on anything from nuts and bolts to houses and properties. Mike enjoyed family: he loved traveling with Debra to visit his kids. He and Debra had many friends in Panhandle, TX and Eads, CO where he loved to watch his grandkids in all their activities. Mike was an active member of the First Christian Church. He enjoyed his church family and served as a Deacon. ”Mike would help anyone who needed it and would do anything for the ladies of the church”

Survivors include his wife Debra of the home, daughters: Martha and her husband Mike Johnson of Eads, CO, Michelle and her husband Kenneth Glaze II of Crestview, FL. His son Steve Ford and his wife Brandi of Panhandle, TX.

Grandchildren: Courtney, Reagen, & Morgyn Johnson, Noah, Halle, and Kandin Ford. A sister Lawana and her husband Jim Page, his mother Joyce Ford, mother in law Zelda Lang, his step mother Helen Ford.

Mike is preceded in death by his father James Ford and his father in law Bob Lang.

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  • Added: Jun 3, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199696720/douglas_michael-ford: accessed ), memorial page for Douglas Michael “Mike” Ford (17 May 1954–31 May 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199696720, citing Memorial Park Cemetery, Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas, USA; Maintained by ADM (contributor 48633392).